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burn noun- tobacco; a cigarette AUSTRALIA
- “Hiya, cobber. Have a burn?” Windy shook his head at the proffered packet. — J.E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 132, 1960
- You got a burn there? The thieving tiffies knocked mine off. — John Wynnum, Jiggin’ in the Riggin, p. 56, 1965
- “Can we smoke, sir?” “One quick burn. Permission from Mr. Goodyear.” — Scum, 1979
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 32, 1996
- a swindle US
- Outside he got in a cab with the Puerto Rican’s money and told the driver to take off. The perfect burn, he thought, humming to himself. — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Scene, p. 105, 1960
- There are many stories about marihuana being cut with bay leaves, oregano, etc., and about an increase in the number of “burns” (in which someone who claims he can obtain drugs takes money in advance and never returns). — Ned Polsky, Hustlers, Beats, and Others, p. 171, 1967
- Look, Eddie, he was pullin’ a burn. He was gonna kill the cop and me. And when you guys walked through the door, he was gonna blow you to hell and make off with the diamonds. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
- If I was really pullin’ a burn, I’d have take two out, wouldn’t I? — Jackie Brown, 1997
- an exhibition, a display US
From BURN (to spray graffiti). - [T]o get Yo! MTV Raps some burn in the TV room. — The Source, p. 36, March 2002
- a thrill-seeking act of fast driving AUSTRALIA
- We came up by car for a burn. — William Dick, A Bunch of Ratbags, 1965
- the initial flooding of sensations after injecting heroin US
- — David Maurer and Victor Vogel, Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction, p. 393, 1973
- a caustic chemical treatment of the skin US
- — Anna Scotti and Paul Young, Buzzwords, p. 107, 1997
- a chemically straightened hairdo US
- “Where did you get a burn like that?” — Herbert Simmons, Corner Boy, p. 166, 1957
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